Ouch. And now I'm sick!

I believe these are oak woth no creosote.

So what?

@@janettavculek9308 why are you being so mean?

Haha Is this a joke? Never heard of a pallet out of a table but I have heard of a table from a pallet.

@@snarkybuttcrack haha strange times, strange times.

Ouch.

Creosote - nasty, but perhaps worn off

Even more, the toilet were direct drained on the railways at some area in the old days . I'm not sure if it is a good idea to make a table out of it

I agree. I would not advise anyone to use an old railroad tie for furniture. It's bad for the health of the woodworker and the customer

No se en que país estas pero acá en Argentina existe una madera o mejor dicho un árbol llamado quebracho que es así cm lo ves y se usan para durmientes y montar las vías de los trenes ... sin tratamiento es muy buena .. de echo esta madera puede estar bajo el agua durante 20 o 30 años sin descomponerse

Basically building with hazardous waste. Do not recycle the sawdust or trimmings. Spend the money for new wood.

this material is carcinogenic. quite dangerous, indeed.

It's only toxic if you eat it. Old weathered railroad ties pose little to no risk.

That's not true.

Really nasty stuff in these, how else do they last 50 years outside

The amount of rod and degradation of the ties suggests they were likely untreated, or only treated on the outside. Termites wouldn't move in were it treated through and through.

I'm sure you suck on a vaporizer all day though

Enjoy your meal and cancer!

This video should be taken off youtube as it shows many faults in trying this and may even be harmful to folks trying to recycle old railroad ties.

That's true. The guy is a bit loose with safety standards as well.

For real! Ties aren’t even really suitable for retaining walls unless gravel surrounded like where they were originally used. Dirt on them rots em in a few years. As for the nice table, I would leave that out on the porch. Open to the sides so it doesn’t trap gasses still escaping the wood.

Nonsense.

Obviously you do not know what you are talking about! @@bradlobdell

And seal in all those poor termites?

What's wrong with resin???

But have fun cleaning crumbs out of the cracks!

Does Homer Simpson count as organic?

@@AlexDiesTrying Has he spent 100 years laying on the ground?

Creosote is horrible stuff. Sleepers and old telephone poles containing it must be disposed in toxic waste treatment plant in Europe. It's unbelievable that this kind of videos exists.

The final product is also average

He is going to sell it to a costumer, obviously.

The coating of DDT killed those.

So the termites would be in the finished project

I didn't get that far, in the first ten seconds all I can see is how loose that chain is...

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I think it's a bench, not a table.

, creosote, carcinogenic.

@@edisontesla3932 then in that case, with only a few brad nails on all side, it will fall through very quickly.

Lots of creosote in them thar timbers

When these ties were produced, there was no such thing as pressure treating. The timber was kiln-dried first and then soaked in a creosote cocktail for preservation.

Really a bad choice of wood. Crudely made.

And no mask while cutting....

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You do realize that railroad ties just sitting there doesn't have saw dust? How would the creosote be worse than when the rr ties were being used? I've been around railroads, railroad ties, & I've used fence posts treated with creosote on the farm for my entire life. The only thing I've gotten from RR ties & fence posts soaked with creosote in 50+ years is creosote getting all over clothing & it doesn't wash out!! Around where i live we use old RR ties for landscaping all the time, never have had any issues, .& we use several ties.

Yeah, progress, the city of Houston made asbestos shingles safe to remove for a few years, you could tear them off and curb the trash and they'd haul it away. A couple of years then behold "studies show they may be harmful. Kind of a tax break for developers

@@timothygeiger8271 You do realize that when you pass it through a tablesaw or a planer it does have Stardust!

@@nzs316 it has saw dust, not stardust, & they probably are wearing dust masks

@@timothygeiger8271 Siri had another stroke this morning I wrote sawdust it change it to Stardust thank you for putting a twinkle in my eye!

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Knowing humans, there must be worse wood somewhere...

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"Ties" and "sleepers" are interchangeable words, with the former being used mostly in the Americas and the latter in the rest of the world. In reality though, what he's using in the video are bridge timbers, and yes, they're much larger than standard ties/sleepers. Another giveaway is the dap on the underside where the timber sits on the bridge girders, regular ties don't have this.

Imagine what they could do with the Chernobyl refuse.

I thought they were Polynuclear. Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Polycyclic; is it the same thing?

that would make it safe for sure

He should just trow away the whole table... The wood he used is filled with all sorts of toxic chemicals

Haha , I see the termites eating from the table inside .

Only Americans say ties, everywhere else they are sleepers